SCOTLAND

Sir Walter Scott Monument.

Stairs in Walter Monument, claustrophobia!!

Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle

That is a lot of bag pipes! It was awesome!

Beave's awesome parallel parking!

Football, Scotland style.

William Wallace Monument

Stirling Castle

I loved the sign on this boy scout building, "Quarreling is Taboo." I'm getting one.

Stirling Castle

Cemetery at St. Andrews, I loved how it was on the coast.

Jeanne and I at the St. Andrews Castle ruins.

Beach at St. Andrews, birth place of golf.

Awesome tree at a quaint little church along the road.

Inside that quaint little church.

Fish and chips at the "best chip shop in Scotland", Anstruther.

St. Andrews Cathedral ruins, it has actually been ruins for 600+ years...

Glamis Castle, where the Queen Mother grew up.

Aberoath Abbey

Just some cool bridges, one train, one cars.

My FAVORITE castle, Dunotar.

Dunotar

Oreo Cows! Regular and double stuff.

The black sheep.

This guy cracked me up... He is my kind of eater, shortest distance between food and mouth, means more food, faster! :)

Another funny... the "elderly crossing" signs.

Cathedral in Glasgow.

Outside the Cathedral in Glasgow.

The Necropolis, one of Scotland's more famous cemeteries.

Museum in Glasgow. I have an irrational fear of birds OK?!

CRAZY BIRDS!

Glengary Castle, the castle we stayed in one night.

Glengary is on a tay, or maybe it is a firth, no, it is a loch... anyway, body of water... cool pic in the morning fog.

Glengary after the fog lifted.

The ruins of Glengary Castle.

Eileen Donen Castle, made famous by the movie The Highlander, or so they say.

Steve thought this sign was hilarious.

Lighthouse... name unknown... to me... I'll look it up... someday... it is on the Isle of Skye. Gorgeous!

Fountain and Castle back in Edinburgh.

Clock made with living flowers... just cool.

Out of time... Maybe I'll put some more pictures up, or maybe you'll just have to trust me that is was amazing and beautiful!

Thanks!

I want to share a little to say thanks to my sweet family for a awesome birthday!

Steve and the kids spoiled me and made it a great weekend! Every time I turned around there was another present or handmade card, I love those little treasures! Steve made a nice Sunday dinner for me, which is not too unusual, but he did the dishes too! Then they all cooperated for family pictures. Awesome!

By Monday night I had already had a cake and two b-day dinners, so I told Beave I didn't need another cake... He came home with this surprise, he assured me that technically it's not a cake, it's a really big cookie.

Together, Johnny and I got all the candles out.

Monday the kids and I went to play at the Mall, Kyla told everyone it was her mom's birthday, she had to tell them my age too... thanks. :)

No really,

THANKS FAMILY!

A Little Dental Work

Kyla was eating an apple today and when Steve looked over he noticed something was missing... a tooth! Kyla didn't even notice when it came out! We actually don't even know where the tooth is. She and Leo where sharing the apple so it may be in Ky's tummy, Leo's tummy or anywhere really! Ky decided to draw a picture of a tooth to leave under her pillow for the tooth fairy.

She is super excited about loosing her tooth. She has been drawing pictures all day of how she looks now, with a missing tooth.

And here it is, the new smile.

"I forgot to brush my teeth at Jade's yesterday, so my tooth fell out."

We tell them their teeth will fall out and they will look like pirates if they don't brush their teeth... glad to know she is listening. We've assured her, she doesn't look like a pirate. Such a beautiful little girl!

Dash

Johnny was "dashing" yesterday and Steve had the camera, they got some cool pictures. This was Sunday afternoon, after staying home from church with a yucky cough... I think he was feeling better.

"I was doing a monster trick while I was dashing and running so fast to catch a bad guy while I was doing my monster trick."

SUPER FAST!

Going Undercover

So now that our oldest is in school and I am not very discreet with our family's details on this blog, we are going to make our blog private.

This just means you need an invitation from me to view the blog. So email me if you want an invitation.

ameliaseamons@yahoo.com

Miss Kyla is 5!!

Need I say, "I can't believe it!" Where have the 5 years gone?! Last night when I was putting Kyla to bed I told her about when she was born, it was a sweet thing for me to remember that time, how excited we were to be parents and for Ky to come to our home. I loved how excited she got hearing about her birth. I think I did pretty well at making the birth story kindergarten rated... :) Kyla is a beautiful sweet girl, I'm so lucky she is my daughter, forever. During the same discussion last night, Kyla told me when she grows up and is a mom I can be her kid's grandma, YES! I was hoping she would save that job for me. I said I would always be her mom, even when I am a grandma, and she said, "Yeah forever, like until I am 10!!"

Kyla loves cats. She has a couple stuffed ones that she takes everywhere with her. One of which is white, that one gets washed every week...

So for her party this year she wanted a kitty theme. I made this cute pink kitty cake for her. For some reason it was a bit tricky for me, OK it was the ears... I saw one online with similar ears but without instructions of how they got them to stay, see following pictures for my results. Ky loved it though, that is what matters.

"Mom do I look like a princess?" Yep sure do!

Ky and the boys right before the party.

I didn't get any pictures of our fun activities... 9 kids and one mom, enough said.

They decorated their treat bags with kitty stickers and their names. Went on a mouse hunt, I drew a mouse on Easter eggs and hid them. SO FUN! Played cat, cat, dog and mother cat. The mother cat had to find her kitties by listening for their meow, all the kids covered their mouths and only two meowed.

Then she opened some fun presents.

All our Kitty Friends. "MEOW!!"

Ky and her Kitty Cake.

And there goes the ear. She got all the candles out though...

Happy Happy Birthday to my sweet sweet Kyla girl! We love our Gooberella!

TEETH, quick someone dial 911...

... or the dentist. We had another adventure with teeth today but Leo didn't feel the need to alert the authorities this time.

When I picked up Kyla from school she said she had a loose tooth. I didn't believe her and told her she would be older before she lost her baby teeth. We went back and forth on this the whole ride home, 10 minutes. When we got home, I checked her tooth and what do you know, it is loose!! I was sure it wasn't from natural causes so I asked if something happened at school, nope. I called Steve, then I called the dentist.

"And how old is she?"

"Almost 5, next week."

"Yep, that's normal. Kids start to loose their teeth between 5 and 6."

"Are you sure? It's so young!"

"Yes."

So, yes, my reaction to a loose tooth was to call the dentist. :) I still think it is young to be loosing teeth, but since the "professional" said it is normal I'm going with that.

The first tooth to go. Bottom middle.

Leo has to get in on the picture action.

Little Miss Kyla.

Homework

The first two weeks of school Kyla didn't have homework but that has passed, it is homework time... super hard stuff like making a pattern. Cat, ball, cat, ball...

We hope homework stays this fun!!

Scotland

So for the second year in a row Steve had to travel to Scotland for work. Last year his dad went with him and they had a great time. THIS year, was my turn... YEAH! It had a lot to do with no nursing babies... My amazing parents came down and watched the kids while we were gone. We had a great time, I'm going to get some pictures on here... soon... Just as soon as I get over this jet lag and can stay up past 8 pm...

I did a post of our trip home, planning on working backward but that is as far as I got for now. Rather than wait to get the whole trip up I am going to post the trip home.